Over the past few weeks, an interesting subplot has emerged in Fulton County, Georgia’s effort to prosecute former President Donald Trump for election interference. At the center of this story are Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and special prosecutor Nathan Wade, who are alleged to have engaged in an improper romantic relationship.

Now, Trump’s team has joined in on an effort to disqualify Willis from the case, a move that could impact the trajectory of the prosecution against him.

In a court filing earlier this month, attorneys for Trump co-defendant Mike Roman said, without offering specific corroborating evidence, that Willis and the special prosecutor she hired to work on the case "have been engaged in an improper, clandestine personal relationship."

Roman's motion alleges funds that the prosecutor, Nathan Wade, earned through the case were being used to pay for lavish vacations, but there is no evidence of these claims. The filing attributes the allegations to unnamed "sources close to both the special prosecutor and the district attorney."

In a six-page filing Thursday, the former president's Georgia legal team adopted Roman's motion which claimed "that an improper intimate personal relationship existed between Special Prosecutor Wade and District Attorney (DA) Willis, that Wade has been paid over $650,000 by the DA, and that taxpayer monies were used by Wade to take the DA on lavish vacations."

Willis' office is scheduled to respond to the allegations in a court filing by Feb. 2.

The allegations are explosive as Trump’s team contends that the alleged affair not only presents a serious conflict of interest but also involves a misuse of public resources. If these claims are substantiated, it could discredit the integrity of the prosecution and potentially lead to a dismissal of charges against Trump and his co-defendants.

For her part, Willis has not quite denied the allegations, but instead took aim at those bringing them up. She predictably claimed that the controversy was motivated by racism. She even went so far as to accuse Nathan Wade’s wife of working with the Trump campaign to discredit the prosecution by subpoenaing Willis for their divorce trial.

Willis’ lawyers filed an emergency motion in the Wade divorce case in which she savaged Jocelyn for issuing a subpoena for Willis to give a deposition in the divorce trial. In the filing, Willis laughably claims that Jocelyn is colluding with Trump’s legal team to discredit her.

On information and belief, Defendant Joycelyn Wade has conspired with interested parties in the criminal Election Interference Case to use the civil discovery process to annoy, embarrass, and oppress District Attorney Willis.

The motion further argues that Willis’ deposition is not needed in the Wades' divorce trial. “The sought-after deposition of District Attorney Willis is not relevant to the subject matter involved in the pending action and should not be permitted,” the document reads.

If the implications are proven, then it is possible that Willis would be removed from Trump’s case. This would sap what little credibility remains in this whole fiasco. It was already abundantly clear that the effort is a politically motivated attempt to influence the outcome of the upcoming election. It might be a long shot, but if this goes Trump’s way, it could even result in the charges being dismissed, which would be quite embarrassing for those weaponizing the justice system against their political opposition.